§ Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of Health if he will provide a breakdown, by 10-yearly age groups, of the deaths from leukaemia and anaemia in England and Wales for each year since 1945.
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§ Mr. BarberThe information is as follows:
ENGLAND AND WALES DEATHS FROM LEUKAEMIA AND ALELIKAEMIA All ages 0- 10- 20- 30- 40- 50- 60- 70- 80 and over 1945 1,347 193 107 79 160 146 189 301 153 19 1946 1,464 185 117 107 157 199 250 283 142 24 1947 1,474 245 89 86 127 192 242 293 177 23 1948 1,507 241 90 85 116 201 222 311 204 37 1949 1,721 247 130 106 139 207 261 353 239 39 1950 1,832 246 115 121 118 216 319 381 254 62 1951 1,927 268 116 121 141 228 289 415 295 54 1952 2,043 291 127 103 134 218 282 453 366 69 1953 2,121 278 124 95 145 245 331 461 368 74 1954 2,160 257 119 106 149 241 328 478 373 109 1955 2,224 249 121 110 141 255 346 448 452 102 1956 2,315 279 138 129 140 235 312 481 456 145 1957 2,394 239 136 108 151 251 351 498 484 176 1958 2,386 256 122 110 156 215 372 477 503 175 1959 2,534 284 156 115 159 223 400 521 495 181 1960 2,694 281 143 109 161 238 393 562 594 213 1961 2,645 279 151 108 154 218 421 532 554 228 1962 2,707 245 160 108 153 251 389 575 602 224
DEATHS FROM ANAEMIAS All ages 0- 10- 20- 30- 40- 50- 60- 70- 80 and over 1945 2,668 44 19 43 70 147 307 738 991 309 1946 2,014 38 19 47 56 112 218 526 730 268 1947 2,078 35 22 32 57 85 225 558 794 270 1948 1,809 36 19 36 39 94 160 438 720 267 1949 1,832 36 11 26 42 83 168 445 703 318 1950 1,921 31 14 24 37 76 186 419 756 378 1951 1,838 23 17 23 30 61 165 411 767 341 1952 1,751 21 20 19 31 83 134 375 694 374 1953 1,604 27 15 12 26 54 142 342 638 348 1954 1,764 35 26 23 23 56 126 350 693 432 1955 1,730 28 13 17 35 42 139 358 679 419 1956 1,733 24 17 14 27 61 111 316 665 498 1957 1,726 26 17 24 19 49 111 300 655 525 1958 1,685 30 14 17 20 34 117 275 663 515 1959 1,691 22 12 18 25 54 119 278 616 547 1960 1,659 25 11 14 17 32 103 279 630 548 1961 1,709 18 14 17 18 42 101 260 642 597 1962 1,680 27 17 17 20 34 87 309 585 584 NOTE: Because of a change of classification in 1950, figures of deaths from anaemia by age are not available on a fully comparable basis for earlier years and are slightly too low compared with those for later years.